Before The Mustang
Ford’s reaction to the success of the 1960 Corvair Monza.
The Continental Mark IV—A Contest Of Wills
Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen versus Lee Iacocca
Stylerama—Ford’s Answer to GM’s Motorama (Almost)
Perhaps it was a good thing that the program was cancelled.
Strother MacMinn’s LeMans Coupe at Eyes on Design
Strother MacMinn’s LeMans Coupe Makes First Public Debut in 60 Years.
Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman
Art Fitzpatrick’s and Van Kaufman’s illustrations inspired us all.
Influential Designs by Virgil Exner
Chrysler concept cars by Virgil Exner and Virgil Exner Jr.
Lincolns That Never Were
The ebb and flow of Continental proposals that never saw production.
Continental Mark II—End Game
Axe the Continental. Full steam on the Edsel.
Henry Ford’s Plastic Car
Henry Ford’s soy bean, lightweight, $400 car. Concrete molds. Didn’t smell so good.
A Re-Think on the Origins of Wedge Car Design
Ray Cannara’s built this wedge design while a student of Strother MacMinn at Art Center School in the ’60s.
A Tale of Two Mercurys—Turnpike Cruiser and the XM-800
That these cars represented an opposite design philosophy from Harley Earl’s show cars from the same era would be an understatement.
Why Cars Are So Bad
Brief summaries of Karl Ludvigsen’s stories on his new website.
Stan Mott’s Autobiography
Stan Mott is gone. He wrote this autobiography in 2019 especially for the Dean’s Garage book.
Women in the 1950 Mexican Road Race
We don’t need no stinkin’ seat belts.
Design of the 1961 Thunderbird Sports Roadster and Italien
Just get the right guy to like it.
1961 Thunderbird Design Development
Last minute all-nighter clay marathon. “Vertical stabilizers.”
Alex Tremulis: Elephant Ears, Theater Receipts, and Other Stories
Alex Tremulis—Antics at Ford
D-523, The First “Cougar”
The D-523 Cougar—From Styling Study to show car to movie star.
Wayne Kady’s Watercolors
Wayne Kady shares some of his superb watercolors.
Imagine—Automobile Concept Art
A great collection of five decades of studio art.
The Continental Mark II Retractable Hardtop
The back story to the Continental Mark II retractable hardtop.
The Origins of Ford’s Retractable Hardtop
Gil Spear’s Retractable Hardtop Presentation and resulting Sytris 3/8-scale Model.
GM Sculptor Ray Hildebrandt
Dick Ruzzin remembers a remarkably talented studio sculptor, engineer, and artist.
Who Designed the 1949 Ford?
The controversy over who designed the 1949 Ford.